women's rights

Bethany Hamilton, one of the world's most popular female surfers, said Sunday she will not compete in World Surf League events if it goes forward with a rule change allowing biological males who identify as female to compete.

A federal judge on Thursday upheld a West Virginia law prohibiting biological boys from playing on girls' teams in a decision that one legal group called a "win for reality."

Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have banned female students from attending universities effective immediately.

Fourteen-year-old Jolene Grover is making headlines after she spoke out at a school board meeting against transgender locker room and restroom policies being enacted in Loudoun County Schools in Virginia.

Alliance Defending Freedom filed an appeal Wednesday on behalf of the four Connecticut female athletes they are representing in a high-profile case involving state rules that allow biological males who identify as female to compete in girls' sports.

The truth is, we remember much of the civil rights movement through its very visible male leaders — giants like Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. Virtually all of the main characters in the film “Selma” are men.

But there were so many women, both behind the scenes and on the front lines, who shaped the movement.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem announced the creation of a multi-state coalition designed to protect women's sports from having to include transgender athletes.

On Thursday, Mississippi’s governor signed a bill into law prohibiting biological males from competing in girls' or women's sports, making the state the first in 2021 to act on the issue.

Hundreds of women gathered in Washington, D.C. on Monday to protest against the Equality Act and President Joe Biden's recent transgender executive order.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced on Monday that she will be signing a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in female sports.